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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to Gaming · 4 years ago

The New York Times Buys Wordle

www.nytimes.com

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The New York Times Buys Wordle

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to Gaming · 4 years ago
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The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users.
  •  alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) OPMA
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    imo there’s really no chance of it not being paywalled eventually, despite the apparent wishes of the original creator

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      You’re probably right, but NYTimes doesn’t currently require a paid account for all of their puzzles. Me and my wife do the daily free Mini (it’s a little baby crossword) every day and don’t have to pay for it. You have to pay for access to their puzzle archive and for the main crossword though.

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        Do you need an unpaid account for the puzzles?

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          Not for the Mini crossword, at least. You can go to https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords/game/mini right now and you’ll get a login prompt, but there’s an option to continue without an account.

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      And there are, fairly, easy ways around paywalls. Of course, those aren’t screamed from the mountain tops.

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      Yeah I feel like they are going to add tracking at least

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